A few examples : 1. The USA list of Human Rights watch : Gujarat, Kashmir, Andhra, Assam etc. will be judged in India, based on these reports. 2. Visa to Modi : Its a non-issue in US, and almost every channel shouts on top of the voice for this issue. Modi doesnt even need to come to US, in this era of video-conferencing. 3. Nuclear Issue : None of the US papers report about "India's credibility lost"..Yet, the Indian Media is going nuts on this issue. Even if this issue gets a passing reference in a major newspaper, it becomes a headling in India. 4. ISI and Pakistan : We all know, the inclination of Pak Army/ISI towards extrimists. There is nothing new. Yet, rediff terms it important enough to show it as a headline. 5. India (Pollution/Global Warming/Development) : All these issues go hand in hand, hence under one title. If USA says, India China are polluting, then our media jumps on the bandwagon..However, the historic pollution levels are always ignored..e.g. US has been polluting @26% per year, since last 100 years..India even today pollutes less than 7% (that too, since last 10 years)..No newspaper highlights these facts.
RE:Why does Indian media depend heavily on US publications
by peter Ska on Jul 11, 2008 06:19 PM Permalink
rediff doesnt represent the whole indian media...it is just a brand of opinion like many other..so just by following the trend of news presentations in rediff we can not give a general appraisal on the modus operandi of indian media...there r many different views floating around too...
besides we should not forget that rediff operates from usa and they must give back..
RE:Why does Indian media depend heavily on US publications
by HA on Jul 11, 2008 07:54 PM Permalink
Peter, Rediff was just an example..I was indeed refering to a whole cross-section of media reports..
RE:Why does Indian media depend heavily on US publications
by lax on Jul 12, 2008 02:38 AM Permalink
Yup you are right.. Most Indians blindly ape the West (USA). By doing so, they denigrate themselves and other fellow Indians. I have seen Indians, who dont even want to speak their Mothertongue.. Infact, they will act as if they cant speak any other language than English. Yet when these ppl come to west, they suffer from inferiority complex, bigtime, coz they never had confidence/pride in their own roots, in the first place.
